she'll face attorney general greg abbott. cornyn and sessions defeated tea party challenges and george p. bush wot the powerful nomination of post of land commissioner. >>> yesterday's explosion in ewing township killed one woman. her body was discovered later in the day on top of a car. seven others were injured. the complex was still smouldering overnight. investigators believe a contractor may have damaged a gas line. jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: it could be days before some residents of this ewing township, new jersey, neighborhood will be allowed back into their homes. that is those who have them. as many as 12 homes were destroyed. dozens more damaged in a massive gas explosion. >> there was just this very loud explosion and right after that my front door, glass door got shattered. >> it blew all of our windows in as well as our screen door and storm windows. >> reporter: police say utility crew was working on a power problem and was digging in the neighborhood. >> at that point they struck what they believed to